How To Install php-horde-syncml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-syncml on Debian 9. php-horde-syncml is Horde_SyncMl provides an API for processing SyncML requests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-syncml on Debian 9.

What is php-horde-syncml

php-horde-syncml is:

Classes for implementing a SyncML server.

This package is part of Horde, a web application Framework written in PHP with modules like IMP (webmail), Turba (contacts), Kronolith (calendar), Nag (task list), Gollem (file manager), etc.

There are three methods to install php-horde-syncml on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install php-horde-syncml Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-syncml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-syncml

Install php-horde-syncml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-syncml using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-horde-syncml

Install php-horde-syncml Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-syncml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-syncml

How To Uninstall php-horde-syncml on Debian 9

To uninstall only the php-horde-syncml package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-syncml

Uninstall php-horde-syncml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-syncml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-horde-syncml

Remove php-horde-syncml Configurations and Data

To remove php-horde-syncml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-syncml

Remove php-horde-syncml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-horde-syncml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-syncml

Dependencies

php-horde-syncml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-syncml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.